Apple, EU, and USB-C

[Marc_LFD]

This is great news for customers, but what does it mean for the entire world?

Can Apple theoretically make USB-C iPhones for the EU countries while everywhere else stays as is?

In a way, that would make iPhones built for the EU market more valuable (who knows how much) just because it has a USB-C.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Could they? Yes. Will they? No, it's a complete waste of resources and manufacturing to make two SKUs where the only difference is a connector. Once they're forced to make these USB-C iPhones, that will be the standard.

 

[Marc_LFD]

Could they? Yes. Will they? No, it's a complete waste of resources and manufacturing to make two SKUs where the only difference is a connector. Once they're forced to make these USB-C iPhones, that will be the standard.

Companies which make identical electrical products need to make slight changes per region due to their voltages (120/240) so it's a possibility for Apple, but improbable. It's just a one thing they need to change.

Apple never added SD Card support () and they got away with that.

 

[tofino]

i can finally laugh at my lightning cable simping parents!

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Companies which make identical electrical products need to make slight changes per region due to their voltages (120/240) so it's a possibility for Apple, but improbable. It's just a one thing they need to change.

Apple never added SD Card support () and they got away with that.

Except they don't, most modern electronics these days are simply dual voltage, they simply slap controllers that can handle both voltages without issue because it's more cost effective that way. You can check any modern charger or console even, you'll see the adapters and PSUs provided support both.

It'll be the same with the iPhone.

 

[FAST6191]

Does lightning have any perks that USB-C lacks? It was a tissue thin veneer but back during the iphone 4 days with the fat old connector then they did have extra functionality over USB https://pinoutguide.com/CellularPhones-A-N/iPhone_connector_pinout.shtml

All that said what has Apple ever done for us?

 

[Esdeath]

I don't get Apple, I mean, my mother got a new Ipad 2 years ago and it had USB-C

 

[Marc_LFD]

I don't get Apple, I mean, my mother got a new Ipad 2 years ago and it had USB-C

Good. Doing by their own rather than by force.

 

[Seriel]

Some iPads already have USB C charging, MacBooks have supported it for a while, and rumours of USB C iPhones have flown around for a while now. I don't think they will half-ass this, its only a matter of time until they kill Lightning.*

*in my opinion

 

[Nikolka]

Why change something .. yes, it's a matter of convenience, however, I thought in Apple the entrance to the charger will always remain the same and will be a feature of the brand

 

[chrisrlink]

Does lightning have any perks that USB-C lacks? It was a tissue thin veneer but back during the iphone 4 days with the fat old connector then they did have extra functionality over USB https://pinoutguide.com/CellularPhones-A-N/iPhone_connector_pinout.shtml

All that said what has Apple ever done for us?

imagine if lighning has extra security to prevent jailbreaking that USB-C doesn't thats the only reason why i think apple's been dragging their heels for so long

 

[The Catboy]

On the one hand, I like that Apple is finally being made to stop using Lightning and move to a more universal character part.
On the other hand, I dislike the EU and the massive overreach that it really is. The fact that the EU's decisions affect everyone outside the EU is something I wish would stop happening.

 

[hippy dave]

imagine if lighning has extra security to prevent jailbreaking that USB-C doesn't thats the only reason why i think apple's been dragging their heels for so long

It's literally pins in a different shaped hole, there's nothing technical that can be done with one but not the other.

 

[hippy dave]

The fact that the EU's decisions affect everyone outside the EU is something I wish would stop happening.

You think the EU is bad for that, just wait until you hear about the USA

 

[chrisrlink]

You think the EU is bad for that, just wait until you hear about the USA

one example the bernie convention (universal copyright laws that 100+ countries agreed to ) that was the freaking US's idea

 

[hippy dave]

one example the bernie convention (universal copyright laws that 100+ countries agreed to ) that was the freaking US's idea

Don't forget the (ever racist) War On Drugs.

 

[chrisrlink]

you think thats bad in the us try the phillipines war on drugs they don't arrest you THEY END YOU

 

[chrisrlink]

and the #! terrorist er gun lobbyist org in the USA the NRA

 

[hippy dave]

you think thats bad in the us try the phillipines war on drugs they don't arrest you THEY END YOU

Saves going cold turkey I guess.

 

[The Catboy]

You think the EU is bad for that, just wait until you hear about the USA

My grievances with the EU can also be applied to the US. The fact that US-based companies and laws are enforced on people outside of the US is terrible. The fact that the US can and does arrest people outside of the US for these laws is a problem.